http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C574703%2C00.html
"Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has proposed fines rather than criminal charges for possession of small amounts of marijuana, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sept. 21.
Daley said the proposal would free up police officers' time, since 99 percent of possession cases are dismissed.
'If 99 percent of the cases are all thrown out, and you have a police officer going -- why? Why do we arrest the individual, seize the marijuana, go to court and they're all thrown out? It costs you a lot of money for that. It costs you a lot of money for police officers to go to court,' said Daley."
